Senior Front End Developer (PST Timezone)

Position Overview

Autodesk is looking for a passionate individual who wants to be part of a fast-moving company transforming how it delivers value to its customers through new processes and technology.

This role involves leading front-end development efforts on innovative projects, with a focus on adapting to emerging technologies, such as a JSON-based templating language for UI development. The ideal candidate will be a proactive problem-solver who leverages AI tools for efficiency, embraces collaborative internal development practices, maintains strong accountability, and thrives in a dynamic environment with a positive, solutions-oriented attitude.
 

Responsibilities

• Lead Front-End Development: Design, implement, and maintain high-performance user interfaces using React.js and TypeScript, ensuring seamless integration with back-end services built on Node.js

• Adapt to New Tech Stacks: Quickly learn and contribute to a novel UI development approach utilizing JSON templating languages, collaborating with cross-functional teams to build scalable and maintainable applications

• Innovate and Problem-Solve: Identify and resolve complex technical challenges with bold, pragmatic, and innovative problem-solving; take full ownership and accountability for delivering high-quality, effective solutions

• Drive Iterative Delivery: Adopt a proactive mindset focused on iterative delivery—breaking down work into manageable increments, delivering value frequently, gathering feedback early, and continuously improving outcomes

• Contribute via Inner Source Practices: Adopt an inner-source mindset by proactively creating and sharing fixes, reusable components, libraries, or improvements across teams and projects as needs arise, fostering internal collaboration, transparency, and code reuse, similar to open-source principles within the organization

• Leverage AI Tools for Productivity: Integrate and utilize AI-powered tools (e.g., code assistants, automated testing frameworks, or generative AI for prototyping) to streamline development workflows, reduce manual efforts, and accelerate feature delivery

• Mentor and Collaborate: Guide junior engineers through code reviews, knowledge sharing, and best practices in front-end technologies; work closely with designers, product managers, and back-end teams to align on project goals while maintaining a positive, constructive approach

• Optimize and Maintain Codebase: Ensure code quality through testing, debugging, and refactoring; monitor application performance and implement improvements for responsiveness and scalability

• Content Management Integration (Preferred): If experienced, incorporate Contentful or a similar CMS to manage dynamic content, enabling efficient updates to UI elements without full redeployments

• Stay Current and Curious: Proactively explore emerging trends in front-end development, AI integrations, templating technologies, and inner source methodologies, applying learnings to enhance team processes and project outcomes

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience)

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, with at least 3 years focused on front-end development

• Strong proficiency in React.js for building interactive UIs, including state management (e.g., Redux, Context API) and component lifecycle

• Expertise in TypeScript for type-safe coding, enhancing code reliability and maintainability

• Solid experience with Node.js for server-side logic, API development, or full-stack capabilities

• Familiarity with modern front-end tools and ecosystems, such as Webpack, Babel, ESLint, and testing frameworks (e.g., Jest, React Testing Library)

• Experience with JSON templating languages for UI (e.g., similar to JSON-based frameworks like Handlebars or custom templating engines

• Demonstrated use of AI tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT for code generation, or AI-driven IDE extensions) to boost productivity in past roles

• Hands-on experience with Contentful or similar headless CMS platforms for content-driven applications

About Autodesk

Welcome to Autodesk! Amazing things are created every day with our software – from the greenest buildings and cleanest cars to the smartest factories and biggest hit movies. We help innovators turn their ideas into reality, transforming not only how things are made, but what can be made.

We take great pride in our culture here at Autodesk – it’s at the core of everything we do. Our culture guides the way we work and treat each other, informs how we connect with customers and partners, and defines how we show up in the world.

When you’re an Autodesker, you can do meaningful work that helps build a better world designed and made for all. Ready to shape the world and your future? Join us!

Benefits

From health and financial benefits to time away and everyday wellness, we give Autodeskers the best, so they can do their best work. Learn more about our benefits in the U.S. by visiting https://benefits.autodesk.com/

Equal Employment Opportunity

At Autodesk, we're building a diverse workplace and an inclusive culture to give more people the chance to imagine, design, and make a better world. Autodesk is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally protected characteristic. We also consider for employment all qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.

Diversity & Belonging

We take pride in cultivating a culture of belonging where everyone can thrive. Learn more here: https://www.autodesk.com/company/diversity-and-belonging

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